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  1. Comment on Acting attorney general says US President Donald Trump’s $1.8bn anti-weaponization fund is scrapped in ~society

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    So so so tired of him and I don't even live there.

    So so so tired of him and I don't even live there.

    5 votes

  2. Comment on Bernie Sanders: The public should own half of the big AI companies in ~society

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    In absolute agreement, though I'm wondering whether we're more likely to see AI as analogous to how car introduction ownership rode roughshod over city planning, density and thousand year old...

    In absolute agreement, though I'm wondering whether we're more likely to see AI as analogous to how car introduction ownership rode roughshod over city planning, density and thousand year old settlement traditions moreso than gambling.

    One of these things is an obvious vice whereas the other promised so much and at the same time, destroyed so much.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Bernie Sanders: The public should own half of the big AI companies in ~society

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    But couldn't partial public ownership of these tools be used as a tool for building society level services into the future? If libraries, public access television/radio, universities, schools and...

    But couldn't partial public ownership of these tools be used as a tool for building society level services into the future? If libraries, public access television/radio, universities, schools and heritage organizations need anything, it's funding.

    Don't pass out cheques to every member of the public, set up a trust that pays out representative institutions - the kind that are falling into disrepair and eventually, ruin.

    A boat builder can have an amazing plan, but without materials, those plans are useless. They raided the commons to build their big, shiny thing.

    Recognize that.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on What change would make you quit Tildes? in ~tildes

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    Yeah, that's it for me too. People here engage with ideas in a proactive way and I really appreciate it. If it turned into the same combat sport that many Reddit threads devolve into, I'd check...

    Yeah, that's it for me too. People here engage with ideas in a proactive way and I really appreciate it.

    If it turned into the same combat sport that many Reddit threads devolve into, I'd check out, too.

    7 votes

  5. Comment on How has inflation changed your quality of life? in ~finance

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    It's probably a good thing health-wise, but beef is off the menu much of the time. My cats also now eat a mix of what they'd usually get (Hills dental) and the still good, but more cost efficient...

    It's probably a good thing health-wise, but beef is off the menu much of the time. My cats also now eat a mix of what they'd usually get (Hills dental) and the still good, but more cost efficient (Prime dental) kibble.

    For me, it's the savings. I have automatic withdrawals for ETFs and investments each cheque, but those numbers get squeezed more and more.

    17 votes

  6. Comment on Movie fatigue in ~movies

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    I love what the movie suggestions in this thread say about Tildes' age range ;)

    I love what the movie suggestions in this thread say about Tildes' age range ;)

    6 votes

  7. Comment on The big little penis panic in ~life.men

  8. Comment on The big little penis panic in ~life.men

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    Yeah, it'd be tough and while I hate to generalize, I asked a bouncer one time who picks the most fights and he said not only is it shorter guys, but they're often the toughest too. What I'm...

    Yeah, it'd be tough and while I hate to generalize, I asked a bouncer one time who picks the most fights and he said not only is it shorter guys, but they're often the toughest too.

    What I'm relating that back to is that if a guy is known to have a smaller than average penis, I'm inclined to think that he'd make up for it with agency in other areas.

    Maybe he takes no shit when it comes to insults about it, maybe he spends more time on other aspects of lovemaking, and maybe, he leans more heavily into the argument that it's not size that matters, but the motion in your ocean.

    1 vote

  9. Comment on The big little penis panic in ~life.men

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    Share all you want, man! Ment things can be true, felt and experienced all at once.

    Share all you want, man! Ment things can be true, felt and experienced all at once.

    8 votes

  10. Comment on The big little penis panic in ~life.men

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    So my best guess is that a Samantha-type is a sex and the city reference? Whatever the case, the article and this quote paints a picture of a bunch of dudes who have no sense of what average dicks...

    A girlfriend, a sexually active Samantha type, recently observed to me that men have gotten so sensitive that you can’t even compliment their size anymore.

    “They see all these gigantic dicks in porn, and 50 percent of the time if I say ‘Your dick is so big,’ they just get insecure.”

    Last year, a man screamed “You’re lying!” and left the bedroom when I did the same.

    So my best guess is that a Samantha-type is a sex and the city reference?

    Whatever the case, the article and this quote paints a picture of a bunch of dudes who have no sense of what average dicks look like, and what it leads me to wonder is what do locker rooms look like these days? I have a young family, so I haven't used pool dressing rooms for ages.

    Do guys still just get naked in a big room? Are there far more people changing within their towels?

    It's there, at hot springs and other similar spots where as a young kid, I got a sense for what the gamut of dicks was, and the lesson was that they're all weird looking, varied in pube plume and size, but that there wasn't a crazy variance, and after you've seen it all once, it fades into the background.

    Like I said above, I'd ask anybody feeling uncomfortable or shy about their own to just get naked in a public change room and mind your own business. See who among the people there care.

    I bet nobody will.

    10 votes

  11. Comment on The big little penis panic in ~life.men

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    On being an elder millennial, I'm happy that in hindsight, the only place you'd get answers about dick size, cut, acceptability was from your friends or your partners face to face. You weren't...

    On being an elder millennial, I'm happy that in hindsight, the only place you'd get answers about dick size, cut, acceptability was from your friends or your partners face to face.

    You weren't reading authorless posts proclaiming to know everything, you weren't watching videos of people who look like your crush berating people like you for something you can't control.

    Ultimately, you weren't alone in the same way. IRL is the key, GenZ. IRL is the key.

    19 votes

  12. Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk

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    That everytime I put on a headset to play fucking Fortnite with my friends, it somehow drip feeds nicotine through my headphones, activating my hands and making me think about whether I need to...

    That everytime I put on a headset to play fucking Fortnite with my friends, it somehow drip feeds nicotine through my headphones, activating my hands and making me think about whether I need to buy that stupid stupid dance.

    I used to game for the love of it.

    I used to be somebody.

    12 votes

  13. Comment on What are your personal crackpot conspiracy theories about the world right now? in ~talk

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    Was the Severance make-work job tasks a riff on this? Wow

    Was the Severance make-work job tasks a riff on this? Wow

  14. Comment on Can we have the day off? in ~society

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    "Oh yes, we've promised this day off in the past." "Marketing thought it'd be great bait to get people excited about our killer app, but we're winding down that messaging now that we've begun...

    "Oh yes, we've promised this day off in the past."

    "Marketing thought it'd be great bait to get people excited about our killer app, but we're winding down that messaging now that we've begun implementation in our brain division."

    "I'd also like to announce an increase in roles in our pre-robot warehouse."

    "We feature some of the most exciting exploitation opportunities in town, and unlike our competitor who only provides 600ml water bottles to pee in, our company gives employees their own 4L milk jug for mid-work urination activities."

    "Aren't you excited??"

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Canada announces plans to buy fleet of early warning planes from Saab rather than competing option from Boeing – country seeks to reduce reliance on US defense firms in ~society

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    Happy to see action follow announcements. I'm pro Carney in many ways, but this lengthy honeymoon period wasn't going to continue without results to follow the rhetoric.

    Happy to see action follow announcements. I'm pro Carney in many ways, but this lengthy honeymoon period wasn't going to continue without results to follow the rhetoric.

    1 vote

  16. Comment on US Pentagon puts building blocks in place for Cuba invasion in ~society

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    The Daily had an excellent breakdown on the situation in Cuba this morning, and given the power outages and lack of gas among other reasons why the country is on the precipice, what's really got...

    The Daily had an excellent breakdown on the situation in Cuba this morning, and given the power outages and lack of gas among other reasons why the country is on the precipice, what's really got me feeling weird is that a place I'd vacation to a decade or so ago is in such dire straits.

    It was no Mexican resort, but Havana was a stunning city with an identity all its own. For me, the tourist, I'd never been to a place where brands and ads weren't covering the walls.

    There was zero product marketing - so incredibly, incredibly refreshing.

    6 votes

  17. Comment on Audible mandating authors transition to new royalty system or lose payments in ~books

  18. Comment on Audible mandating authors transition to new royalty system or lose payments in ~books

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    Have I mentioned my treadmill desk yet today?

    Have I mentioned my treadmill desk yet today?

    3 votes

  19. Comment on The cost of safetyism - what we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard in ~life

  20. Comment on The cost of safetyism - what we lost when we stopped letting kids leave the front yard in ~life

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    A perennial concern on my mind as a parent. I truly hope the pendulum shifts once my kid is in their early teens

    A perennial concern on my mind as a parent. I truly hope the pendulum shifts once my kid is in their early teens

    3 votes